September 2013 – KarateTeaching

Are You Environmentally Aware?

September 18, 2013

Jason Stanley

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So on Monday night I took a handful of my junior kids outside for some environmental awareness training. Gone were the cushy mats… Gone were the mirrors and regular training equipment… Hello concrete, stones, stairs and walls… This was a very important training session for the juniors who hadn’t done anything like this before. Cries […]

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Refocussing with a Splash

September 4, 2013

Jason Stanley

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Brrrriiiiinnnnngg! Brrrriiiiinnnnngg! Somebody’s phone rings… Honk! Honk! A car drives by… “Excuse me? Could I get some information?”, someone else asks. Even the slightest distraction like another student whispering or a belt coming untied… These and a hundred more things distract students during training. One of my pet peeves (and I dare say one of […]